COPELAND, J.R.M., ABOU-SALEH, M.T. and BLAZER, D. G. (eds) (2002) Principles and Practice of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2nd edition. Chichester: John Wiley and sons
David A. Flemingers, Kopelman M, Lovestone S, Mellers J, Fisherman's Organic Psychiatry - A Textbook of Neuropsychiatry 4th edition (2009) Oxford, John Wiley & Sons Ltd
JACOBY, R. and OPPENHEIMER, C (eds) (2008) Oxford Textbook of Old Age Psychiatry. Oxford University Press.

In order to undertake this module you should have an interest/involvement in older people who may experience emotion problems, changes in memory or impairment of capacity.

Library
Tutorial support
Study skills / IT support advisors
Access to a computer and the internet (ideally broadband access)
Utilising e mail facilities

The focus of this module is on a mix of independent as well as directed study.

Contact Hours (14) on this module means your on-screen hours engaging with the online study materials contained within the 'Course Information', 'Course Documents' 'Communication' and 'Assignments' sections of the module virtual learning environment (VLE).

Independent Study (136) means on-line and off-line activity including working on tasks/exercises/activities and participation within the discussion forums, relevant background/supplementary reading, and assessment preparation and completion.

This module will be delivered by the use of a VLE.

The VLE will provide a structured environment for progressing through this module. The 'Course Information' section contains essential module information, the award handbook, the module descriptor and a section, which contains the aims and objectives of the module. The 'Course Documents' section contains all the study material necessary to complete the module, together with activities associated with this material. Within the 'Communications' section there are a number of forums, which will enable interactive, asynchronous discussion, which supports student learning and allows for formative assessment of individual progress.

Participants are encouraged to communicate with the tutor and their fellow students using email, telephone and the discussion forums and to do so if there are matters needing assistance and support.

Web-based material will be utilised to support all aspects of the module, providing links to latest Government information and latest case law and legislation.

As this is a distance learning award, participants will need to adopt a disciplined approach to study and work for example by ensuring that activities, tasks and assignments are completed within specified time limits and that discussion with others takes place.

An Electronic Portfolio and review of a KEY paper weighted at 100% length 3000 words (addressing all LO's)

ELECTRONIC PORTFOLIO: Submission of an electronic portfolio will be required that includes an overarching reflective summary of your completed tasks/activities and the module content overall. Selecting one key paper from those available in the module content provide an overall summary of that paper which relates to key disorders experienced in later life. length of total assignment 3000words

Formative Assessment:
Each week a relevant task/ activity will be set around particular elements of course content and a relevant key paper will be identified allowing you to work towards summative assignment. Weekly contributions related to each task will be required in the related area of the discussion board within blackboard.

The key themes of this module will be introduced via a series of on-line presentations and key publications representing those key themes. These themes will be delivered in a systematic and coherent way including key topics such as Dementia, Depression, Delirium, paranoid disorders, substance misuse and related issues, suicide etc.

You are expected to contribute to module delivery in the form of individual written case studies and critical review of a key classic paper on one of the key themes within the module. Students will contribute to key discussion on relevant papers on-line within each set formative activity. In this way the whole group explores the diversity and experiences of practice/workplace challenges and critiques evidence on-line. This will take place via blackboard using discussion groups and electronic submission of the summative assignment work.